Mount Lawley EV bays approved at $2,685 annual fee each

Four electric-vehicle charging bays at Mount Lawley’s Chelmsford Road Car Park will carry a licence fee of $2,685 per bay each year under arrangements approved by the City of Vincent.

The bays at 2 Chelmsford Road will be marked for EVIE. The fee applies from August 2026 to June 2027 and through a further term from July 2027 to July 2032, with a 3 per cent annual increase.

The approved fee replaces a proposed $1,500 annual charge. Council was told the four bays currently generate about $2,650 each per year in parking revenue. The higher fee was framed as a way to account for that forgone revenue while recognising the community benefit of public EV charging.

Vincent will also run an expression-of-interest process for operators to install and manage chargers in the City’s car parks. The results will return to Council, which will retain control over the preferred delivery model, licence terms and licence-fee method.

Administration must prepare a high-level business case on whether the City should install, own and operate charging infrastructure itself. It will cover indicative capital and operating costs, possible State Government Charge Up EV Charging Grants, payment and customer-support systems, electricity capacity and upgrade costs, and maintenance and asset renewal.

The work will examine whether the City’s EasyPark platform can support payment and billing, and consider the experience of comparable local governments, including the City of Perth. Its findings will be discussed at a future Council Workshop before a preferred delivery model is put to Council for determination.

The amended Chelmsford Road licence cannot proceed until the City provides statutory public notice and invites submissions under section 3.58(3) of the Local Government Act 1995. The chief executive officer was authorised to consider submissions, negotiate the agreement and finalise its terms.